A voter registration site that crashed in the run-up to last year's EU referendum could have been targeted by a foreign cyber attack, MPs say.The "register to vote" site crashed on 7 June last year just before the deadline for people to sign up to vote.The ...

. Prices for luxury homes in central London are forecast to fall 4% this year and will flatline for nearly two more years as Brexit uncertainty and tax changes weigh on the market, according to Savills. ...

. The Bank of England has been warned against raising interest rates from as early as November, as a monthly Guardian analysis of the economy indicates pressure growing on households following the Brexit vote. ...

....5% in August. Although consumer confidence has taken a hit amid rising prices as a result of the weak pound and uncertainty over Brexit, retail sales growth suggests shoppers have not cut back on spending just yet. ...

....25% in August last year and introduced a £100bn facility for banks called the Term Funding Scheme to ensure the cheaper money reached households and businesses. Those actions were designed to ease the economy over humps created by the vote for Brexit. ...

....But Aldi has also been forced to slim its margins to maintain its lead after Tesco, Morrisons, Asda and Sainsbury’s cut prices on basic groceries. Inflation in costs since the fall of the pound against the euro and the dollar after last year’s Brexit vote has also affected costs. ...

....After assessing the fast growth in the consumer credit market, Threadneedle Street is requiring the banking system to hold an extra £10bn of capital as protection against any future losses after finding that lenders are underestimating their exposure to bad debts in an economic downturn. Publishing its latest assessment of risks to the financial system, the Bank also spelled out specific concerns about the impact of Brexit on £20tn of derivatives contracts used by companies and financial firms to manage their risks. ...

.... But the only one it highlights is the risk of higher government borrowing. Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England since 2013, made reference to the persistent and large borrowing from abroad in a speech last year when he warned that Brexit could test “the kindness of strangers”. ...

....Another company with problems is construction and support services company Carillion. In July, it issued a profit warning, blaming a Brexit-related slowdown in orders, scrapped its dividend and said Richard Howson was stepping down as chief executive but would become chief operating officer. ...

....This is quite an anniversary year for great British economic disasters. Last weekend saw the 25th anniversary of the ignominious exit of the pound from the European exchange rate mechanism – “the first Brexit”, and, I still hope, the only one. ...

....Markets are betting that the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) will vote through a 0. 25 per cent increase in November, reversing last August’s post-Brexit cut and lifting base rates to 0. ...

. A swath of UK industry would find it “near impossible” to recruit non-skilled workers from Europe post-Brexit if proposals recently outlined in a draft government document were enacted, according to the IPPR thinktank. ...

. The Treasury has hit back at warnings by the credit ratings agency Moody’s that the likelihood of a hard Brexit and a squeeze on the public finances would damage the UK economy’s long-term health. ...

....A surge in numbers throughout the year has buoyed Britain’s tourism and services industries, at a time when uncertainty created by the EU referendum has damaged the confidence of UK consumers and businesses. Brexit triggered a 20% slump in the value of the pound last year against most major currencies that has since waned, especially against the dollar where there is only a 13% drop since last year. ...

.... Her husband spotted a reference to “changes to how we check your eligibility to bank with us based on your immigration status” in an email from Barclays detailing their latest changes in their banking terms of conditions. Dominique Welbank said: “As a French national having lived here since 1991, and having been denied permanent residence because I do not have comprehensive sickness insurance, I have no confidence the Home Office will not extend this scheme to EU citizens like myself because of Brexit. ...

.... Traditional grocers have come under pressure from the fast-expanding discounters Aldi and Lidl as shoppers have looked to save money in the face of inflation fuelled by the fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum. “The reward scheme is absolutely the right thing to do when people are strapped for cash because of Brexit,” Murrells said. ...

....He said the Treasury’s official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, was likely to revise down its “optimistic forecast” for wage growth and revise up its forecast for debt interest payments in response to the recent jump in the interest bill on government bonds. “In addition, the chancellor likely will retain scope to ease the fiscal consolidation in the event of a damaging hard Brexit rather than ease policy now,” he said. ...

....Mitie Group may cut up to 480 jobs as it overhauls its cleaning and engineering divisions, saying the cost of its turnaround will be higher than expected. The provider of pest control, cleaning, security and healthcare services is restructuring after a string of profit warnings, which it has blamed on uncertainty surrounding Brexit and rising costs. ...

. Italy, France and Germany will grow faster than Britain next year as Brexit uncertainty continues to weigh on consumer confidence and deter much-needed business investment, according to the latest economic forecasts by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. ...

....ThyssenKrupp said the combined companies would start to review their production network in 2020, to identify further savings and integration opportunities. The German company added that the outcome of the Brexit negotiations would have a bearing on decisions. ...

....US airlines have told the UK to move faster to ensure passenger and cargo flights to Heathrow, Stansted and other airports will continue without disruption after Britain leaves the EU. The aviation trade body Airlines for America, whose members include United, American Airlines and FedEx, says the multibillion pound traffic in both directions will be put at risk unless politicians concentrate their minds on the impact Brexit will have on the industry. ...

.... The pay deal for 2018-19 will be based on the RPI in February next year. British households have come under increasing pressure from soaring inflation this year, sparked by the drop in the pound following the Brexit vote. ...

....The £200bn of debt amassed on credit cards, personal loans and car deals is now at the same level it reached before the 2008 financial crisis and there are fears that rises in interest rates could put more households under pressure. Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, warned on Monday that interest rates were likely to rise in response to rising inflation and skills shortages brought on by Brexit that will increase pressure on wages. ...

....Imagining the circumstances in which the debt timebomb might go off is not all that difficult. There could be a severe run on the pound if the Brexit talks go badly, which would force the Bank of England to raise interest rates despite its concern about the impact on heavily indebted borrowers. ...

. A sharp fall in migrant workers coming to Britain as a consequence of Brexit could push up wages and cause a spike in inflation in the short term, according to the governor of the Bank of England. ...

.... When easyJet suffered its own timekeeping pressures in 2010 – it was called “worse than Air Zimbabwe” at the time – it took management about a year to restore order. Mark Carney’s bleak assessment of the UK’s post-Brexit economy is no less alarming for being exactly what you’d expect him to say. ...